Trump admin updates: White House asks court to stay order to ground deportation flights

Video shows deportees in El Salvador after a judge ordered flights to stop.

ByKevin Shalvey, Alexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, and William Mansell
Last Updated: March 16, 2025, 5:36 PM EDT

The White House has asked a federal circuit court to stay a district court's temporary restraining orderthat blocked President Donald Trump from using the Alien Enemies act to deport noncitizens, including alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

Meanwhile, the fallout over Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats voting with Republicans to avert a government shutdown continued, with some in Schumer's party calling for new leadership while others defended him, but said the party needed to use new tactics and new messaging.

And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's actions reversed by Trump to nearly 100.

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Mar 13, 2025, 2:30 PM EDT

Trump on shutdown negotiations: 'If they need me, I'm there 100%'

As the clock ticks toward a government shutdown at the end of day Friday, President Donald Trump was asked if he'd get directly involved in negotiations with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

"If they need me, I'm there 100%," he responded.

He went on to preemptively blame Democrats if a shutdown were to occur and lauded the stopgap measure passed by House Republicans earlier this week. He said the bill was a funding "extension," but "ultimately we want to vote for one big, beautiful bill where we put the taxes in, we put everything in."

Mar 13, 2025, 2:05 PM EDT

Trump says he's not going to 'bend at all' on tariffs

"Any chances you'll bend on the tariffs on aluminum and the ones that are planned for April 2?" a reporter asked President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday.

"No," Trump responded, repeating his administration's main argument that the United States has been taken advantage of in trade deals with other nations.

"No I'm not going to bend at all. Aluminum or steel or cars. We're not going to bend," he said.

President Donald Trump listens to a question as he meets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Mar. 13, 2025.
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The president railed against Canada, saying it "only works as a state" and that the United States doesn't need their lumber, energy or cars.

"There's not a thing that we need. Now there'll be a little disruption, but it won't be very long," Trump said. "We have to do this, I'm sorry."

Mar 13, 2025, 2:03 PM EDT

Trump says he'd 'love' to meet with Putin, calls response to ceasefire proposal 'promising'

ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked President Donald Trump if he had plans to talk directly with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

"I'd love to meet with him or, talk to him, but we have to get it over with fast," Trump responded as he spoke about ceasefire negotiations.

The president also reacted to Putin saying Russia was open to a ceasefire but had questions and concerns about what it would entail.

"He put out a very promising statement, but it was incomplete," Trump said on Thursday.

Mar 13, 2025, 2:02 PM EDT

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul to meet with Trump Friday at White House: Source

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, will travel to Washington, D.C., on Friday to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House, a source with knowledge of the meeting told to ABC News.

The governor will discuss congestion pricing with the president, the source said, along with "other important issues for New Yorkers."

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

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